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* Host local mirror of #code4lib IRC - http://www.tummy.com/Community/Articles/pycon2007-network/
 
* Host local mirror of #code4lib IRC - http://www.tummy.com/Community/Articles/pycon2007-network/
 
* Rent G3 line for dedicated access for speakers (?)
 
* Rent G3 line for dedicated access for speakers (?)
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* Have a contingency aircard so at least speakers can go online (?)
 
* Hook up to UNCA's Internet connection from the hotel (?)
 
* Hook up to UNCA's Internet connection from the hotel (?)
  
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* Signup sheet for nightly dinner activities
 
* Signup sheet for nightly dinner activities
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* code4lib brew for the hospitality suite
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* code4lib revue?
  
 
=== Sponsorship ===
 
=== Sponsorship ===
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* Potential sponsor and contact list
 
* Potential sponsor and contact list
  
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=== Choosing speakers ===
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* Ask people to write why they nominated keynote speakers
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* Can we get more gender diversity of keynote & 20 minute talks? (Is this important to us?)
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* Do we want to limit the number of speakers from any one organization?
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* Do we want categories when voting?
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* Voting needs 2 categories: geekiness and vote preference. (In 2008 the sum of these was the total IIRC)
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=== Choosing 2011 venue ===
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* Announce the process early in the conference so that people can get set up with logins
 +
* Reminder during the last day of voting
 +
 +
=== Integration with IRC ===
 +
* Consider suggestions from http://pistachioconsulting.com/twitter-presentations/ regarding integration with backchannel.
 +
** e.g. offer speakers help monitoring the channel ('an ombudsman for the audience')
 +
* Advice from dev8 via BenO:
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** @davetaz setup projection/feed of the twittered #dev8d tags + @andymcg set up a netvibe channel to follow the tags elsewhere @jschneider Twitter feed screen in bkgd of these photos: http://is.gd/jOwW http://is.gd/jOxd & see @jvvw review of event: http://is.gd/jOxy
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* Make it easier for people to find IRC
 +
** "code4lib station" with signup info and help?
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* Not everybody multistreams. Would multiple rooms help (reduce volume)? Or...?
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=== Video ===
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* Sync the timecode in the video with the IRC logs
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=== Lightning Talks Do's and Don'ts ===
 
=== Lightning Talks Do's and Don'ts ===
  
 
* Have an MC/cat herder lined up in advance
 
* Have an MC/cat herder lined up in advance
 
* Don't have one entity do two LTs back to back
 
* Don't have one entity do two LTs back to back
* Ask those who've already spoken to "go last" (e.g. only present if there's time)
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* Ask those who've already spoken to "go last" (e.g. only present if there's time)-- "share the air"
 
* Create a LT do's and dont's page in the conference webspace
 
* Create a LT do's and dont's page in the conference webspace
 
** link to existing LT advice
 
** link to existing LT advice

Revision as of 21:52, 5 March 2009

Planning for Code4Lib 2010 in Asheville, NC

Critical things that must work

  • Internet access (i.e. wifi) with good bandwidth
  • Internet access (i.e. wifi) with good bandwidth
  • Internet access (i.e. wifi) with good bandwidth
  • Food must accommodate special dietary needs

Everything else, including quality of hotel rooms, is secondary.

Internet

Social Activities

  • Signup sheet for nightly dinner activities
  • code4lib brew for the hospitality suite
  • code4lib revue?

Sponsorship

  • Potential sponsor and contact list

Choosing speakers

  • Ask people to write why they nominated keynote speakers
  • Can we get more gender diversity of keynote & 20 minute talks? (Is this important to us?)
  • Do we want to limit the number of speakers from any one organization?
  • Do we want categories when voting?
  • Voting needs 2 categories: geekiness and vote preference. (In 2008 the sum of these was the total IIRC)

Choosing 2011 venue

  • Announce the process early in the conference so that people can get set up with logins
  • Reminder during the last day of voting

Integration with IRC

  • Consider suggestions from http://pistachioconsulting.com/twitter-presentations/ regarding integration with backchannel.
    • e.g. offer speakers help monitoring the channel ('an ombudsman for the audience')
  • Advice from dev8 via BenO:
    • @davetaz setup projection/feed of the twittered #dev8d tags + @andymcg set up a netvibe channel to follow the tags elsewhere @jschneider Twitter feed screen in bkgd of these photos: http://is.gd/jOwW http://is.gd/jOxd & see @jvvw review of event: http://is.gd/jOxy
  • Make it easier for people to find IRC
    • "code4lib station" with signup info and help?
  • Not everybody multistreams. Would multiple rooms help (reduce volume)? Or...?

Video

  • Sync the timecode in the video with the IRC logs

Lightning Talks Do's and Don'ts

  • Have an MC/cat herder lined up in advance
  • Don't have one entity do two LTs back to back
  • Ask those who've already spoken to "go last" (e.g. only present if there's time)-- "share the air"
  • Create a LT do's and dont's page in the conference webspace
    • link to existing LT advice
  • 2 projectors, minimum. 3 if possible (3rd to display backchannels)

List of Interesting things in Asheville, for future reference

see also Google Map, proposal

  • The Chocolate Fetish
  • Woolworth Gallery (collaborative arts and crafts sale space in an old Woolworth's, with intact, functional lunch bar and a Swedish furniture shop in the basement)